Rod Thorn
Rod Thorn
Rodney King "Rod" Thornis an American basketball executive and a former player and coach...
both envisioned point sort worked year
It's sort of been a frustrating year for him. It hasn't worked out the way he envisioned it. It's just one of those things that up to this point it hasn't worked out the way both he and we envisioned.
work
It just wasn't working out here for him. In assessing it, I don't think it was going to work out for him here. That was part of it.
execute game lawrence nobody plans record terrific track works
Lawrence has a track record here. Nobody works harder. He has terrific game plans. We just need to execute our plans better and play better. Lawrence can't go out and play for guys.
complete lost piece puzzle quality works
He was a big piece to our puzzle and a quality player. So if it works out that we don't complete the trade, then we've lost a quality player.
asset bench court extra feeling game giving good job lawrence players teammates time
So much of this game is about confidence. It's about feeling good about your teammates and yourself. I think Lawrence does a good job of recognizing that. He started giving players extra time on the court even when things weren't going great. Our bench has become an asset to us.
anybody plans trade
Don't have any plans to trade him. I'd never say we wouldn't trade anybody but I don't have any plans to trade him. We have indicated (to other teams) that we probably are not going to trade him.
ability fit gives luxury player remain sign tax whoever
(The trade) gives us the ability to remain under the luxury tax and to sign a player ? whoever that player may be, if there is a player that would fit our needs.
bit ended improving last paper team
We ended up improving our team, it's just a little bit different way than when we anticipated,' ... From where we ended up last year, on paper we have a better team than we had last year.'
hurt last marks question time
We had a lot of question marks at this time last year. When Kenyon left, that really hurt, and there was a question as to what was going to transpire with Jason.
candidates coach three top
I think he's one of the top two or three candidates for Coach of the Year.
achievement era far greatest individual kobe modern scoring wilt
Wilt scoring 100, to me, that's the greatest thing ever done as far as an individual achievement in the game. I don't think you ever take anything away from that. But what Kobe did in the modern day era is unbelievable to me.
hope later
We hope he'll be back later this week, and hope that things go well. I know this: he's pretty excited.
prove
We never fined anybody. How do you prove it?
healthy stay staying
We need to stay healthy. I think we play pretty well, but we're thin. So I think staying healthy is the key.